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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1899
Page
2
The Seattle Star ad notes daily delivery details for Beattie Washington with pricing and mailing options. It lists a central office at 1107 Third Avenue and a delivery schedule from 8 am. The notice provides a phone number Pike 180 for inquiries and mentions postage terms for weekly and monthly rates.
Market reports show continued demand for iron and steel products with price gains for pie iron and steel billets. Activity remains high across boots and shoe industries, with orders extending into next year and strong raw material markets despite uncertain crop outlooks.
Tonight and Sunday in Seattle and vicinity expect occasional showers as a low over British Columbia interacts with a southern high. Temperatures run higher than yesterday except in California Nevada and Kalispell Montana. Yesterday's warmest readings included Red Bluff 102 Sacramento 92 Roseburg 82 Portland 78 Walla Walla 82 Seattle 76 Spokane 74. Rain measured this morning at Noah Fort Canby Spokane trace to .32 inch.
Two farmers seek four gallons from an eight, a five, and a three gallon measure. Using only these three capacities they devise a method to pour exactly four gallons into the five gallon can after filling the eight. The solution is solved without restriction to gallon size.
The Third Avenue Theater closes tomorrow with The Girl I Left Behind Me. The Seattle Theater opens opera season tomorrow with Wakefield Andrewa Company. Norris Bros big trained animal show draws crowds and features Ajax the educated African sebra and Fargo the elephant. Lockhart’s elephants, Ringling Bros. troupe, and three elephant acts tour, with performances at Second Ave and Battery Street. Mrs. Josephine Wallace buys a 500 acre farm near San Leandro for 100000 dollars. Delia Fox sues for 56000 dollars in libel. Alice Neilson sails for Europe after Chicago engagement.
There is said to be over four feet of solid quartz in the Princess Maud mine at Republic. Ore values improve daily with a recent assay returning $12 per ton. Gr oche district ore bodies near the Okanagan river show five-foot ledges producing good ore. L. M. Turner bonded claims at Camp Hodges for 916,000. the property shipped 100 tons per month since January, totaling 560 tons by May. The Blacktail ce lls indicate fine ore, with values up to $40 per ton recently. Delta shaft carries high grade ore about $30 per ton and crosscut planned at 100-foot level. Summit-Republic vein improves with depth. average ore value near $10 per ton. Monarch tunnel work paused due to surface water. five men on surface work, ore showing favorable values. Mountain Chief near New Denver sees 12 men, with tests on ore and dumps for startup. Morning Glory shaft sinking rapidly with rich ore. J L Warner of San Francisco bonds Camp Telluride group for $20,000. ore ranges $2-$10 per ton, with extensive development planned. New ledges discovered at the camp daily. Advices from New Denver report Bosun mine shipped 20 tons recently. Neglected mine near New Denver encounters four-foot galena ore chute. London, FR C reports few miners remaining after mine closings, with many seeking camps in Past Kootenay, Lardo-Duncan, or outside work while awaiting the miners unions vs owners dispute over eight-hour wage shares. Sultan mine in Snohomish County sold to Philadelphia interests led by Patton. contains high grade copper ore.
Dr Chevigny a French physician enjoyed a squirrel meal with two Belgian patrons in Hartford City Indiana when a cat head appeared in the dish shocking him He suspects the Belgians planned the joke and is now dealing with the effects as his stomach protests.
Richard Wetton Gilder of Century magazine tells a self deprecating joke about a young woman who submitted poems. He warned her not to pursue sale in literature, fearing she could not succeed in the field.
Three alleged poker sharps arrived on Weineeday from Teu tonic as gambling at sea prompts action to curb scandals. The New York Press notes rows ashore from Atlantic crossings where amateurs tempt fate and win enough to cover trips, while a businessman notes one voyage cost the other man about $200.
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